Question raised in Lok Sabha on Poverty and Malnutrition, 29/03/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Poverty and Malnutrition, 29/03/2017. Government of India is implementing various schemes to alleviate the problems of poverty viz. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana –Gramin, National Social Assistance Programme, National Rural Drinking Water Programme and Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin in rural areas and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Urban and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission in urban areas. These programmes are being implemented all over the country and aimed at overall development of rural areas as well as urban areas through creation of employment opportunities, infrastructure and provision of social security. As per the latest estimates of poverty, 29.1 percentage of persons were living below the Poverty Line in 2011-12. The comparative poverty ratio in the country for 1993-94 and 2004-05 was 45.3 per cent and 37.2 per cent respectively.